Business ordinance violation fine increasing tenfold

Monday, July 21, 2008 | 11:39 p.m. CDT; updated 4:53 p.m. CDT, Tuesday, July 22, 2008

COLUMBIA — Businesses that violate the city’s business license ordinance will now face a fine up to 10 times more expensive. The City Council amended the ordinance at its meeting Monday night to include the higher fine, eliminate a fee for some businesses and clean up the ordinance’s language.

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